Sliced-Rib Method of Building

Strong, lightweight ribs that are beautiful and functional By Scott Copeland | scottcopeland@sbcglobal.net Photos courtesy of the author As seen in the April 2023 issue of Model Aviation. Light enough to fly, yet strong enough to survive … such is the paradox of flight. Ever since people have taken to the sky, the qualities of strength and weight have been at odds with one another. Model flight relies on the same principles on a smaller scale. Free Flight (FF) modelers live by the adage, "When in doubt, leave it out," thus producing models that are exceptionally light…